• merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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    21 hours ago

    Despite the so-called bleeding heart liberal nature of the american youth, a phenomenon that has supposedly existed well before the current century, the leaders of the liberal movement in the American state are somehow the oldest and most desperate to hold onto power into their graves.

    The condescending nature of the typical democrat probably works really well to serve a gerontocratic system as perfected as the democratic party.

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      11 hours ago

      You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villian. Seems like the worst case.

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    I genuinely do not understand these old fucks. Any normal person would want to retire at the soonest possible opportunity. Why don’t these geriatric clowns?

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      “Nobody else can be trusted to run any of this stuff like I can. I’m essential to the running of this system and can never go away or even take time to consider that I might ever stop.”

      Also I think a lot of them hate their kids, hate their spouses, don’t like their lives and don’t want to be home alone dwelling on how alienated and empty they are.

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    It’s universally understated, but these people don’t believe in anything other than a mechanical and fanatical iteration of neoliberalism, their conception of humanity is nihilistic and they don’t entertain any notions of principles, convictions, or vision outside themselves. They are god, everyone else is a pretender

    Margaret Thatcher was not fuckin around when she coined neoliberalism’s credo: “There’s No Such Thing as Society

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      A surging and surprising rise of communism following current events would be so fucking funny through this lens. Like all of this evil was to train some hidden main character about how important it is to protect the communism the same way the anti-spirals entrusted the universe to Simon

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    I need to spend more time studying this weird pattern of behavior. I keep wondering why there are so few young successors and why these people are choosing to work until they die and why the party is OK with it. I suspect that the GOP actually trends younger than their opposition because young and young-ish people are significantly more progressive than they can actually allow.

    My intuition says that this has something to do with racism and the cultural and demographic shifts of the last 50 years or so, but that’s not based on any serious inquiry.

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      The Boomers with power seem to be so fixed on kicking the ladder out behind them, yet they’re surprised when they have absolutely no one up to their standards to be their successors

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      Almost every member of congress has investments they acquired by getting into office. They are immune to insider trading laws. Not to mention, all the gifts and special meals they get from lobbyists. They cling to their positions because they have material interests to stay in power. If they turn over their office to a younger politician, they lose a lot of money and free shit.

      It’s not a coincidence most members of congress are multimillionaires. They aren’t interested in serving the public. They’re interested in living lavish lifestyles.

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    Connolly supported military intervention in Syria. He voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. In the wake of the attack, he voted against recognizing anti-Zionism as a form of antisemitism.

    Connolly voted in favor of three military aid package supplementals for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan respectively in April 2024, along with most Democrats. After all three bills successfully passed the House, he criticized House Republicans for delaying voting

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      The whole of American society is perfectly represented by a choice between this and Adolf Hitler. You don’t get to make the choice, but what’s important is that we all agree there can be no alternative.

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        Additionally, there is nothing the geriatric neolib wants more than to compromise/work with Hitler. Bipartisanship is their golden goose and as long as they do that they will go to neolib heaven.